How many states have you guys been to?
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Have been hitchhiking around the US for about 2 months now, heading west to cali now, then north towards alaska
what the fuck is wrong with your template op?
it fills in like shit (had to click fl 15 times just to get that), and pa and de aren't even separated.
>>1082652
NEW TEMPLATE
>>1082639
Blue - home state
Dark green - been to, stayed
Light green - been to, didn't stay (layovers, day trips, etc.)
Avoiding Jersey is a top priority of mine.
All of the 50 states.
Plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
American Samoa next, when I have time and money.
>>1082885
Why do you want to avoid Jersey, is it bad? I have to live there for 2 months for work training.
>>1082902
He's from New York, it's an interstate rivalry thing. Calling New Jersey, "Jersey", is part of it.
>>1082902 nj is nice
the only thing in nj most visitors/tourists see are the industrial lands/marshes and highways surrounding nyc, which looks fucking terrible.
These, as a French guy
went to 31 states in 3 months last year. not american, hope to get all 50 by 2020 perhaps.
>>1082902
>Why do you want to avoid Jersey, is it bad? I have to live there for 2 months for work training.
Pretty much all of NJ is lovely aside from what this guys said.
>>1082925
>the only thing in nj most visitors/tourists see are the industrial lands/marshes and highways surrounding nyc, which looks fucking terrible.
Some of the wealthiest per capita residents (big pharma), and big ol' estate houses with horse farms, country farms, shopping outlet malls and quaint businesses on main streets, weekend homes on the shore and so forth. It's really a "garden state" as the plate states. It's just got a few city dwellers who are accented, ghetto, trashy types, just like on Jersey Shore, ya know?
>Wisconsin
>Minnesota
>Iowa
>Nebraska
>Indiana
>North Carolina
>Georgia
>Florida
>Kansas
>Missouri
>Oklahoma
>Colorado
>Arizona
>New Mexico
>California
>Oregon
>South Dakota
New Mexico is my favorite state. The northern half is so beautiful and fun.
>>1082639
Puerto Rico and USVI should be in your map too OP.
Except for 3 or 4 of these once-visited states, most of my marked states are 6+ visits. I like to travel back to places I love, til they feel like a second home and that I'm coming home again.
>>1082639
>anon had to choose between New York and Arkansas and he of course did the right choice
>>1083126
canadian is american. you know that.
>>1083279
British actually
I haven't been to too many but I want to go on the stereotypical college road trip and see as many as I can see.
Only problem is the main region I haven't been to is the south and the best time for me to go on the trip is in August.
>>1083311
Jan-Mar is when you do the hotter climes.
>>1083317
Yeah we'll probably just end up going out to Chicago and Michigan or up to New England or something.
I'd love to add in Montreal but I'm the only one with a passport.
>>1083298
it was british until the mid 1990s yes, but that was always a silly joke as it was in name only. its always been the states.
>>1082639
Pic related for states I've literally been in (could be as little as just driving through).
New York, New Jersey, Penn, South Carolina and Florida as states I've spent at least some time in (at least a vacation or business trip).
love living in MN
>>1083368
whoops, drove through indy as well
Damn, Ive lived in California for 6 years but have hardly seen any of the west.
>>1082639
Wish I had read about how bad OP's template was before filling this in.
>>1083019
>Not bad...
TFW most of the people here haven't visited my state
Massachusetts
All of them but Alaska, and I'm going in September. Will be a cool moment. Also been to DC, Puerto Rico, and USVI.
>>1082639
All of them other than Alaska, Oklahoma, Idaho, New Mexico and Montana.
Minnesota bro, here.
what have i missed out on
tfw youve been to more countries than states in your home country
>>1083613
Telluride, CO
>>1083508
You're seriously lacking some core Midwest places.
Hope to finish up Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont early this year. The rest I'll figure out as it comes to me.
Don't have paint right now so hopefully this looks okay
>>1083646
Yeah, but I ain't dead yet...
I'm thinking of traveling down the coast from Washington State to Los Angeles. Are there any good tricks to saving money on places to sleep? Perhaps sleeping in the car along the way? Is such a thing legal?
>>1083019
my uncle has visited literally the same places (european)
>>1084092
How have you missed Delaware?
+ DC
Mass and Vermont soon
Canadian.
Wyoming (Yellowstone) was my favorite.
>>1084094
not him, but i actively avoid that poor excuse for a state
If you go west from the east coast, drive don't fly. it way more interesting in the long run. my roadtrip from PA to AZ was pretty much the distance driving from Ireland to Syria, Round trip distance got me from Ireland to China. Fuck America is big
>>1085134
I'd love to do something like that but I don't think I'd have enough time.
How long did that take you?
I made this a while back, after this summer I'll be adding Rheinland-Pfalz as well as various parts of Iceland.
Green = actually visited, yellow = visited in transit (i.e. no real sightseeing), blue = home region.
>>1085135
34 hours of driving one way before detours. Took 4 days to get there, 3 getting back (I drove from far side of NM to TN in a day solo which I don't recommend).
Make sure your drivers seat is comfortable and bring a long audio book or two.
>>1085146
Any interesting stories about life on the open road? Meet any friendly truckers? How about route 66?
>>1085146
How much time did the whole trip take you? What was your general route/stops?
autism, the map
>>1085147
RT 66 isn't really a thing anymore it mostly has husks of tourist attractions and sullen desolation. I-40 is mostly parallel to the historic RT 66 so it's a similar experience. With long distance driving imo it's important to identify major spots you like to see then just play the rest of the trip by ear via roadsigns and cool sounding towns. Drive a bit farther to get gas, visit the weird looking gas station of a sad clown selling fireworks and fried chicken. Truckers were pretty consistent with speed due to the lack of hills the true bastards were California drivers. With the straight road ahead your eyes can wander a bit and see the sights. Forwarding tho in California and Arizona there are mandatory Checkpoints (they are super close to the border) where they look for illegal immigrants, if you're white you just get waived through.
>>1085149
I was away for about six week in Phoenix (for work) but only had about 8-9 days of travel. I actually started in Baltimore to Pittsburgh to pick up my sister then to Nashville then to fort Smith AK straight through OK and TX via I-40 and stopping right over the border in NM. Had extra time so over to the grand canyon then to Phoenix. Weekender to Vegas and back. Another weekender over to San Diego and Tijuana (don't go there ever). I drove back by myself pretty much the same way.
I stopped at random weird things I saw on the road tripper app like this history on mankind chiseled into granite around a church and an awesome place called knife city! I am enamored with Loves Gas stations which litter the countryside and stayed for cheap in super shady motel 6's.
Blue is places i've been and red is places i plan to go next time i visit
>>1083776
find a camping ground.
>not a US citizen
>came to study
>it was only a two month roadtrip
>want to go back to US all the time
21 states.
>>1085125
Rehoboths pretty nice.
>be non-american
>only went state I've been is Georgia
JUST
They really are "flyover states" in my case.
Also, OP's template worked OK in Photoshop aside from a few states having gaps that I had to fix. They filled in fine though.
>>1086689
Pennsylvania also reabsorbed Delaware. Serves them right with their no sales tax.
>>1082639
Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. Planned to visist Las Vegas this year but it won't happen.
>>1082639
Been to Norway a few times as well.
I think I hit the good parts.
>>1085144
I'm from Louisiana and can confirm there is only one interesting place in the whole state
But nola is the best city in the country so it averages out ok
>>1086717
Tennessee and the Smokeys are beautiful though.
I'm from Switzerland so pretty much the tourists state. Been to Utah, Arizona, New York 3 times on 3 separate trips. Nevada, Californa, Colorado twice on two separate trips. New Mexico, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho once. New Jersey because the plane goes there
>been to dozens of countries
>never been west of Wisconsin
>>1083019
>typical international traveler U.S destination visits besides Utah
From Chicago, been to all of the lower 48. Drove an 18 wheeler for 2 years, so I knocked them all out in about the first 6 months. largest american city I haven't been to is Anchorage AK.
It's probably the most underwhelming travel "accomplishment" in the world. aside from the national parks, a few rural areas that are few and far between and a handful of major cities America is just the same thing on repeat.
go for the 50 state thing if you're close or will do so incidentally (ie travel for work), but do not spend an inordinate amount of time or money to be a completionist over it. it is an empty accomplishment.
I've been to more countries in Europe than I have states in my own country
Canada here been to:SD,ND,Hawaii,Kansas,Nebraska,Missouri,Colorado,New York,Conneticut, Massachusetts
I've mainly been in Florida where I currently live the past several years. Most of the other places are a result of being a kid with a parent in the military (you move around frequently to all sort of places, even to other continents).
Yellow - places I've lived
Blue - only ever been to the airport, never set foot on the land
Red - Visited
Really need to explore the east coast.
>>1088095
>>1085144
I'm a fan. Nice place, little hot and muggy for me, but otherwise nice.
>>1088095
>>1086681
We're not that bad
...right?
Road trip in the south soon hopefully.
Blue is where I've stayed overnight, pink is where I've driven/flown through, purple is where I'd like to visit.
Grew up in Jersey, live in Nevada (I'd like to move back east, maybe to upstate NY if not back to Jersey).
im sorry midwest
>>1088454
You're seriously missing out on Chicago and D.C. (I assume no D.C. since MD and VA are missed, maybe you flew in directly though), they're two of my favorite American cities. Otherwise it looks like you've really made the rounds.
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A UK guy who studied in Oklahoma, always meant to visit Texas but just never got round to it
I've done alright.
Blue-Home
Green-Visited
Light green-want to visit
hmm, actually been to more than I thought before I actually filled this out
kansas: home state
california: current state
Can we qualify been to
Is it set foot in? Like as in a layover or airport
Driven through?
Or actually visited and spent the night?
im 19
I have a solid track record for avoiding the flyovers.
I'm from Iowa.
I only count California because my dad says I was conceived there.
Wyoming and Montana are the most underrated.
Fuck I love this country YEE HAW
>>1086735
>best city in the country
It's a crime ridden tourist trap shit hole.
Only visited these, but I'm 19 and from the UK so it's not bad going I guess.
>>1089119
No its not. The crime stats are driven up by areas included in Orleans Parish that actually aren't part of New Orleans as well as central city, which a tourist would have no reason to visit at all. I frequently find myself walking home from parties in the uptown area without any trouble. Shit, I even ran from the parade route all the way to Claiborne on night this Mardi Gras to get to my friends house. Just don't spend all of your time on Bourbon and go out to eat at every night and you'll see why it's regarded so highly. All the areas circled in red are safe and worth visiting. Pic related
>>1082639
Just the crust.
As they say once you go deep, you never come out.
I'm Canadian
May- Fly from Boston to Orlando, renting a car and driving to New Mexico hitting all major sites including the Alamo, Graceland, New Orleans, Disney World etc... I have to do this because it's embarrassing how little I've seen in my country.
June- Going to explore Colorado after my family members wedding
November- Going to Tokyo Japan.
i've been in Illinois and Texas, but they were only layovers so I didnt count them.
>>1089174
There are enough tourists right now. People like that can stay away. Don't worry about converting him/her.
Done a good job on the east coast, but I really need to make it out to the northwest one of these days.
>>1089822
The thing I hate the most about tourists here is that they make it impossible to eat at Camelia grill in the summer.
I'm from Sweden
>>1088950
I have a cousin in Billings I'd visit pretty often as a kid and I still don't see the appeal to Montana, but Wyoming is gorgeous. I stayed in Jackson Hole and the area was magnificent.
>>1083178
>northern New Mexico
There isn't anything in most of it until you hit Capulin, and even then there isn't anything.
I drive through it on the way to CO from TX every year for vacation, and dread driving through NM more than anything.
>>1090260
forgot to post
>>1082692
I swear I've been where you haven't, and you've been where I haven't. We need to share stories, anon.
No MS Paint so just used this: http://m.maploco.com/visited-states/
Places I've lived:
Texas (home state, still live there)
Alabama
Places I've been to:
Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Florida
And I've only been in California for a layover at LAX, didn't step outside the airport.
Honestly I'm kind of pathetic because outside of Texas, I haven't really gotten the chance to see anything nice in any of the other states.
With the exception of when I got to go to Australia a few months ago, I've never been out of Texas for any reason besides visiting/living with other family member.s
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>>1090287
Forgot to add, I've eaten at a Perkins in Minnesota in Worthington, so that's what I mean by stepped foot there. My sister said the town looked like a ghetto town (not South Side Chicago ghetto, but poorfag ghetto). Another place we always came to eat was in Pennsylvania along the way to DC, but that was a long time ago.
>>1087069
You should check out the West. I used to only visit states that were along the Mississippi and east of it, but after checking out the Northern Rocky Mountain region, I was amazed. Montana for example isn't called Big Sky Country for nothing; the mountains in Western MT show you just how big the sky really is.
>>1088771
Florida needs a good wank.
